Learned helplessness theories in humans have produced only small effects. One reason for this result may be due to ______.

A. ethical issues associated with exposing human subjects to severe aversive events
B. shock in humans is not as aversive as it is within animal subjects
C. humans have more cognitive processing and are more immune to learned helplessness
D. humans have alternative escape mechanisms that are different from animals


A. ethical issues associated with exposing human subjects to severe aversive events

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During that time, the participants had to learn abstract and concrete information, had to generate abstract and concrete information, and drove with and without distraction. This design involved a. repeated measures on all factors. b. a correlational design. c. a partial factorial design. d. a main effect design but not an interaction design.

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